European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 20, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 20 a the stars and stripes monday january 20, 1992 / 4 k Ann Landers dear Ann Landers 1 am steaming Over the letter from Quot outraged in Indiana a the woman who was upset that people had sent in More than $16,000 to help pay the medical Bills of a dog that had been chained to the Back of a pickup truck and dragged three quarters of a mile. She wrote a there Are children in this country who done to have enough to eat and big Bucks Are pouring in for a this is crazy. Those children can and do get fed by the welfare system. An animal in need gets no such break. I am furious Over your correspondents Lack of compassion. A animal Lover in Long Island dear Lover you and thousands of others. I heard from All Over the country and from Canada too i Haven t had such angry mail since my readers argued about whether a fireman would be a wasting taxpayers Money by attempting to Rescue a cat who had run up a Telephone pole. Read on from san Jose i had a smile on my face All Day when i read in your column that $16,000 had been donated by strangers to help pay the veterinarian Bills of that poor dog who was dragged on a Chain behind a crossword dear Abby dear readers had he lived last wednesday would have been the 63rd birthday of or. Martin Luther King or. Today we officially celebrate his birthday. He was shot to death at age 39, a Martyr of the civil rights movement. Or. King s principles of non violence were based on the teachings of christianity. His eloquent pleas for social Justice and persistence in the face of violent opposition propelled him to International prominence. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1964. Following arc excerpts from the famous speech he delivered on aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln memorial in Washington . A i have a dream that one Day this nation will Rise up and live out the True meaning of its Creed a we hold these truths to be self evident that All men Are created equal. And this will be the Day. When am of codes children will be Able to sing with new meaning a my country tis of thee Sweet land of Liberty of thee 1 sing. Land where my fathers died land of the pilgrims Pride from every Mountainside let Freedom a and when this happens. When we allow Freedom to ring. From every Village and every Hamlet. Every state and every City. We will be Able to Speed up that Day when All of god s children Black men and White men jews and gentiles protestants and catholics will be Able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual a free at last free at last quibble a 0 most of my adult life i have been abused by cruel insensitive Bosses family members who did not approve of the Way 1 was living my life rude salespeople smart mouthed teens and men who belittled and insulted me because i was not thin and Beautiful. My Only Friend who has always been there for me making me feel Beautiful and loved and protecting me from harm is my dog. Riverside Calif i would much rather give Money to the humane society and our local animal shelter than pay taxes to support the social agencies in our country that Are bleeding people dry. Just look at what people have done. They have wrecked the planet. Humans Are the cause of pollution global warming and destruction of the Ozone layer and the rain Forest. They have caused starvation through overpopulation and i wont even go into the destruction they have wrought through wars that solved no problems. Those wars however did kill the youth of Many nations and make munitions manufacturers Rich. To those fools who wrote to complain about the Money sent in for the injured dog i say a let Mem eat dog dear readers americans and canadians really do love their pets. Thanks to All who wrote. C creators Syndicate thank god almighty we Are free at last a dear Abby i am recently divorced after a Brief marriage to a nurse who works at a local Hospital apparently Many of the people she works with know who i am and where i work. Not Many of my co workers know that we Are divorced. And they ask me How she is Etc. When i Tell them that we Are no longer married they ask Why i Tell them about her involvement with a doctor from the Hospital and they usually ask a who Quot i then write the doctors last name on a piece of paper and Tell them that i would appreciate it if they did not reveal How they found out. I recall in past columns you have referred to people who would reveal such information As a cads a and i feel uncomfortable telling others when asked but How can 1 Dodge the question when i am still recovering from the Hurt of our divorce and i m not very Good at hiding my emotions i am in counselling now and have been assured that total honesty is essential to my recovery. Do you have any advice for me i am still hurting because 1 cared deeply for this woman. Trying to move on in Jersey dear trying i am All for total honesty but you do not have to answer every question you arc asked. 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